Hi David,
Thanks for the link. Great article. Certainly one of those "Who would have thought?" stories.
I was fascinated by the lines in the space.com article that David had provided the link
for where it said -
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Originally Posted by space.com
But co-author Thomas Weinreich, at the time a freshman at Brown University, spotted some while poring over the Apollo 17 samples.
"A kid a year out of high school found these for us," Hauri told SPACE.com "That was pretty amazing in and of itself."
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I decided to go to the Brown University web site to see if I could find out more about
Weinreich himself and the discovery. I was delighted to find an excellent story that also includes a great little
3 minute video clip where Weinreich and his supervisor, Alberto Saal, who is professor
of geological sciences, speak about the discovery and its background.
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Originally Posted by Richard Lewis, Brown University web site
How about this for a summer job? “Brown professor seeks enterprising undergraduate to look at soil samples from the moon. Must be a self-starter, independent thinker, with acute attention to detail and an eye for discovery.”
It wasn’t a real job posting, but it describes Thomas Weinreich’s unique assignment in the summer after his freshman year at Brown.
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I wholeheartedly recommend interested readers to follow the link below and be sure
to also watch the video that appears there which gives further insight into
behind the scenes of the discovery and the people involved. 
http://news.brown.edu/features/2011/05/weinreich